Rank | Team | Record | Next Opponent | Prior | |
1 | Alabama | 7-0, 4-0 | Texas A&M | 1 | |
2 | Ohio State | 6-0, 3-0 | at Penn State | 2 | |
3 | Clemson | 7-0, 4-0 | bye | 3 | |
4 | Michigan | 6-0, 3-0 | Illinois | 4 | |
5 | Washington | 6-0, 3-0 | Oregon State | 5 | |
6 | Texas A&M | 6-0, 4-0 | at Alabama | 6 | |
7 | Louisville | 5-1, 3-1 | North Carolina State | 7 | |
8 | Nebraska | 6-0, 3-0 | Purdue | 8 | |
9 | Baylor | 6-0, 3-0 | bye | 10 | |
10 | Houston | 6-1, 3-1 | at SMU | 13 | |
11 | Florida | 5-1, 3-1 | bye | 14 | |
12 | Tennessee | 5-2, 2-2 | bye | 11 | |
13 | Wisconsin | 4-2, 1-2 | at Iowa | 9 | |
14 | Florida State | 5-2, 2-2 | bye | 15 | |
15 | Oklahoma | 4-2, 3-0 | at Texas Tech | 17 | |
16 | Boise State | 6-0, 3-0 | BYU | 18 | |
17 | Utah | 6-1, 3-1 | at UCLA | 20 | |
18 | West Virginia | 5-0, 2-0 | TCU | 23 | |
19 | Arkansas | 5-2, 1-2 | at Auburn | NR | |
20 | Western Michigan | 7-0, 3-0 | Eastern Michigan | 24 | |
21 | LSU | 4-2, 2-1 | Mississippi | 19 | |
22 | Stanford | 4-2, 2-2 | Colorado | 22 | |
23 | North Carolina | 5-2, 3-1 | at Virginia | NR | |
24 | Mississippi | 3-3, 1-2 | at LSU | 12 | |
25 | Miami (FL) | 4-2, 1-2 | at Virginia Tech | 16 |